DPhil, MPhil, BA, AFHEA
Interdisciplinary Fellow
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Biography
I am an anthropologist of food, with a particular research interest in the cultures and political economy of coffee consumption and the environmental futures of coffee production. My area of regional specialism is Brazil. I have conducted ethnographic fieldwork related to cultures of food and nutrition in Brazil, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Prior to joining the University of Aberdeen, I was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London, and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford. I have been a Visiting Lecturer at Stanford University and the University of Gastronomic Sciences and I am an affiliate of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity at the University of Oxford.
Qualifications
- DPhil Anthropology2021 - University of Oxford
- MPhil Social Anthropology2015 - University of Oxford
- BA Sociocultural Anthropology2013 - University of Washington
External Memberships
European Association of Social Anthropologists - Network co-convenor: Anthropology of Food
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Research Overview
My research interests include: dietary inequalities and health; tropical agriculture (particularly coffee); agricultural and service labour; climate change; consumption; coloniality and colonialism; competition; moral economies; translation.
Current Research
I am currently PI on the project Cross-Cultural Taste: Exploring Sensory Language Disparities in Coffee Evaluation for the Global Market.
This is a collaborative project between the University of Aberdeen and Faculty of Food Engineering at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) in Brazil, where the Brazilian side of the research is led by Prof Jorge Behrens.
Past Research
Some of the research projects I have been involved in are:
Family Food Experience Study - London (2021-2024)
Pregnancy-Related Interventions in Mothers at Risk for Gestational Diabetes (2020-2023)
Identifying Changes in Household Eating and Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2021)
Understanding Obesity and Eating Disorders through the Material Culture of the Home (2019-2020)
Coffee Consumption in Hybrid Production-Consumption Economies (2016-2021)
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Caffeinated aspirations:: social mobilities and specialty coffee baristas in Brazil
Food, Culture & SocietyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2024.2350137
Concealed pregnancy as an act of care?: A qualitative analysis of motivations for concealing and non-disclosure of early pregnancy in The Gambia
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol. 23, 374Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow active can preschoolers be at home? Parents' and grandparents' perceptions of children's day-to-day activity, with implications for physical activity policy
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 292, 114557Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStuart McCook: Coffee is not forever: a global history of the coffee leaf rust: Ohio University Press, Athens, OH, 2019, 306 pp, ISBN 9780821423875
Agriculture and Human Values, vol. 38, pp. 857-858Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-021-10230-0
Reflection: (Not) feeding the bereaved in the time of coronavirus
Food and Foodways, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 281-288Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCompetitive Coffee Making and the Crafting of the Ideal Barista
Gastronomica, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 79-90Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2020.20.2.79